Asking About What Is Better: Intersex, Disability, and Inaugurated Eschatology

P-value: What is and what is not

The misinterpretation and misuse of p-value have been increasing for decades. In March 2016, the American Statistical Association released a statement to warn about the use and interpretation of p-value. In this study, we provided a definition and discussion of p-value and emphasized the importance of its accurate interpretation.    

Asking Users About What They Mean: Two Experiments & Results

1.1 Situation Natural language (spoken and/or written) is an attractive modality for human-machine interaction. As stated in [8]: speech requires no training; is fast; and requires little attention. Text may be attractive when the utterances are short, when speech is not mandatory, or when speech may be annoying to those surrounding the user. Currently foreseeable applications using a natural l...

Does asking about suicide and related behaviours induce suicidal ideation? What is the evidence?

There is a commonly held perception in psychology that enquiring about suicidality, either in research or clinical settings, can increase suicidal tendencies. While the potential vulnerability of participants involved in psychological research must be addressed, apprehensions about conducting studies of suicidality create a Catch-22 situation for researchers. Ethics committees require evidence ...

Thinking About What We Are Asking Speakers to Do

what is new about colorectal surgeries?

the aim of this paper is to introduce new methods of colorectal and anus surgeries. it is not a comprehensive paper and just is a summary of issues related to colon surgeries due to intestinal inflammatory diseases (ulcerative colitis and crohn's disease), and anus cancer. ulcerative colitis usually initiates from rectum and then develops upward to colon. there are three methods of surgery...